Problem of Jobs - Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia

Zusammenfassung Contesting claims that postwar American liberalism retreated from fights against unemployment and economic inequality, this book reveals that such efforts did not collapse after the New Deal but instead began to flourish at the local, rather than the national, level.

Product details

• Authors: Guian A. Mckee, MCKEE GUIAN A, McKee Guian A.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780226560120
• ISBN: 978-0-226-56012-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Pennsylvania, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Industrialisation & Industrial History, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Industrialisation and industrial history